Do spicy foods increase metabolism significantly?
I heard that eating spicy foods (ex. peppers) would somewhat increase you're metabolism about a year or so ago. Since then I've done a bit of research and found that they do by increasing body temperature and other things I can't exactly remember..
So what is you're opinion? If you are over-weight, or just want to keep your metabolism going, do you think spicy foods are a good source (In combination with a healthy diet and exercise of course)? Here's what one website said: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health...lthrail30.html Quote:
If anyone else wants to do some research on this topic also would be beneficial... *Looks at Mj* |
I only looked briefly, but from what I've read studies suggest that it does, but only slightly. I found you some studies. Look over the abstracts. If you'd like to read them, I can probably get you a PDF from the online university library. Let me know.
Effect of spiced food on metabolic rate. Human Nutrition - Clinical Nutrition. 1986 Mar;40(2):165-8. Metabolic effects of spices, teas, and caffeine. Physiology & behavior. 2006 Aug 30;89(1):85-91. Epub 2006 Mar 30. Bioactive food stimulants of sympathetic activity: effect on 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2005 Jun;59(6):733-41. Body fat loss achieved by stimulation of thermogenesis by a combination of bioactive food ingredients: a placebo-controlled, double-blind 8-week intervention in obese subjects. International Journal of Obesity. 2007 Jan;31(1):121-30. Epub 2006 Apr 25. Hope these help. |
Nothing beats life experience.
My mom made extremely spicy food tonight, and everyone went red in the face, started sweating a tad, and got runny noses. (Save for me of course - I don't sweat.) Metabolism was indeed mentioned, ironically. Funny how these things come up at dinner without having read the same thing on a forum in your bookmarks presented a day earlier. |
And that is ironic how, exactly?
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Irony: "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result"
I wasn't expecting it to be on Zelaron when it came up in real life, do I really need to explain it? Normally topics which I take part in within real life aren't spoken of online without being brought up by myself unless it is a popular topic such as politics or religion, and even then it's not often within a day of the discussion. |
Grav got owned.
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